from The Schenevus Monitor, Wednesday March 8, 1865 p.2 c.5
Transcribed by Linda Robinson, October 9, 2001

"We perceive that the draft wheel was put in motion, freigted with the towns of Meredith and Davenport.
The following are names drawn from the town of Davenport:

Theodore E. Miller
George S. Hill
Darius Butts
Jas. E. Davenport
Benjamin M. Wade
W.W. Houghton
Samuel N. Pierce
James Oliver
Abraham Scutt
Ichabod Welber
Anson Olmstead
Nathan Humphrey
S.A. Warner
Parker W. Young
Miles N. Adee
Elihue Osterhodt
Elibridge Sherman
Wm. R. Olmsted
Michael B. Smith
A.P. Houghtaling
Thomas York
David B. Hillas
Nicholas Mickkel
Stephen A. Seacord
Wm. H. Battershall
Henry Davis
John Mulkins
John Shaver
Elijah H. Arnold
Jacob Schermerhorn
Michael C. Smith
Walley White "